Open AccessFACTORS ANALYSIS OF TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
Author(s) -
Suat Hoon Hon,
Ah Choy Er,
Nurul Fadilah Mohd. Nawi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of tourism, hospitality and environment management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-178X
DOI - 10.35631/jthem.521009
Subject(s) - sustainability , tourism , business , enforcement , performance indicator , economic indicator , environmental resource management , sustainable tourism , environmental planning , sustainable development , environmental economics , marketing , geography , economics , ecology , macroeconomics , archaeology , biology
Sustainable tourism is a type of tourism activity that continues to conserve, provide various facilities in areas that have tourist attractions, whether related to the environment or culture, as well as modernize the social structure in the area to become an economic activity that can contribute to national income, improving the living standards of the local community. This study aims to identify the factors of sustainability indicators. Interviews based on a set of questionnaires were conducted with 125 respondents in Ranau, Sabah. Factor analysis yielded five factors of economic sustainability indicators (indicators of tourist spending on accommodation, indicators of job creation and income generation, indicators of tourist attraction, indicators of tourist origin, as well as indicators of related industries and support), three factors of indicators of social sustainability (indicators of infrastructure and infrastructure, traditional and cultural conservation indicators, as well as management and conservation indicators), and two environmental sustainability indicator factors (environmental education indicators and training courses and research and enforcement indicators).